Clasp.



PATENTED JUNE 9, 1908.

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JAY K. LIVINGSTON, OF CASEY, ILLINOIS.

CLASP.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY K. LIVINGSTON, a citizenof the United States, residing at Casey, in the county of Clark and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Clasp, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to trouser suspenders, and more particularly to a novel form of attachment thereof, the use of which will dispense with the employment of buttons for securing the suspenders to the trousers waist band.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and thoroughly effici ent form of clasp which may readily be attached to and de tached from the waist band of a pair of trousers, and which will be thoroughly effective in holding the trousers suspended.

With the above and other objects in view as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a garment supporter as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which lik characters of reference indicate corresponding parts,Figure 1 is a view in perspective exhibiting the supporter attached to a portion of the waist band of a pair of trousers. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section through the device, displaying the position of the parts when in engagement with the waist band of a pair of trousers. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the position of the parts when the device is not in use. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail view of the blank that forms the slide for being bent to the shape shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the blank that forms the clasp. Fig. 6 is a perspective detail view of a portion of the hanger with which the clasp and slide are assembled.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the hanger of the supporter, the same being constructed of heavy sheet metal stamped to any appropriate shape and provided with an eye 2 in which the webbing 3 of the suspender is secured. The hanger is provided with two arms 4, the lower ends of which are formed into eyes 5 that are engaged by the reduced terminals 6 of the bar 7 upon which the clasp 8 bears, and which sustains the weight of the trousers. Above the eyes 5 the arms 4 are provided with inward rojecting fingers 9 that constitute stops to imit the downward movement of the slide 10, as clearly shown Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 1, 1907. Serial No. 386,666.

Patented June 9, 1908.

in Fig. 3, the object of this arrangement being to hold the slide from contact with the clasp.

The clasp 8, is constructed of a strip of heavy metal and has its terminals inturned and serrated or toothed in order to secure a firmgrip upon the trousers waist band B. Near the end of one of the clasp members is a longitudinal slot 11, and near the end of the other clasp member is a seat or depression 12. The slot 11 is engaged by a tongue 13 on one of the slide members, and the seat 12 is engaged by a tongue 14 on the other slide mem ber. The object of the tongue 13 is to cause the slide to remain assembled with the clasp and also to be guided properly relatively thereto in the act of clasping and unclasping.

Adjacent to the seat 12 is a longitudinally-disposed slot 15 which is provided for the purpose of receiving the tongue 14 when the clasp members are unlocked, as shown in Fig. 3 thereby to permit the said mem bers to open to a greater extent than would be possible if the slot were omitted. The slot will also materially shorten the distance the slide will have to be moved to free the clasp members'from engagement with the trousers waist band.

In the use of the attachment the slide is moved to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the members of the clasp are passed over the waist band of the trousers and the slide is then moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the tongue 14 will spring into the seat 12 and thereby positively hold the clasp in locked position. To release the clasp the above procedure is reversed.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that although the improvements herein defined are simple in character they will be thoroughly eIficient for the purposes designed, and will result in the production of a highly useful and durable article, and one that may readily be manipulated for attachment or detachment.

l/Vhat is claimed is 1. A garment supporter comprising a hanger rovided with a pair of arms having termina eyes and with stops above the eyes, a bar having its terminals engaged with the eyes, a clasp supported by the bar and novided with a slot and with a seat, and a s ide having a tongue to engage the slot, and a keeper to engage the seat, and being held spaced from the clasp by the stops.

2. A garment su )porter comprising a hanger provided with an eye or loop and with a pair of arms having terminal eyes and transverse stops above the eyes, a bar having reduced terminals to engage the eyes, a clasp supported by the bar and provided With a slot and With a seat, and a slide having a tongue to engage the slot and a keeper to engage the seat and being held spaced from the clasp by the stops.

3. A garment supporter comprising a hanger provided With an eye or loop and With a pair of bars having eyes and stops above the eyes, a bar having its terminals engaged with the eyes, a clasp supported by the bar and provided With a slot and With a seat, and

a slide projecting through the opening in the 15 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 20 my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JAY K. LIVINGSTON. Witnesses ALEX UNGER, S. W. SHORE. 

